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@JamieMason
JamieMason / is_installed.sh
Last active February 17, 2024 10:12
Check if a program exists from a bash script.Thanks to twitter.com/joshnesbitt and twitter.com/mheap for the help with detecting npm packages.
#!/bin/bash
# Functions ==============================================
# return 1 if global command line program installed, else 0
# example
# echo "node: $(program_is_installed node)"
function program_is_installed {
# set to 1 initially
local return_=1
@magnetikonline
magnetikonline / README.md
Last active October 29, 2025 21:22
IE 7/8/9/10/11 Virtual machines from Microsoft - Linux w/VirtualBox installation notes.
@dypsilon
dypsilon / frontendDevlopmentBookmarks.md
Last active March 31, 2026 08:17
A badass list of frontend development resources I collected over time.
@CMCDragonkai
CMCDragonkai / angularjs_directive_attribute_explanation.md
Last active March 3, 2026 06:20
JS: AngularJS Directive Attribute Binding Explanation

AngularJS Directive Attribute Binding Explanation

When using directives, you often need to pass parameters to the directive. This can be done in several ways. The first 3 can be used whether scope is true or false. This is still a WIP, so validate for yourself.

  1. Raw Attribute Strings

    <div my-directive="some string" another-param="another string"></div>
@branneman
branneman / better-nodejs-require-paths.md
Last active March 27, 2026 02:24
Better local require() paths for Node.js

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

@hubert3
hubert3 / samsung_hash_crack.py
Last active October 8, 2025 15:05
Python implementation of passcode hashing algorithm used on the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 4.2.2
#!/usr/bin/python
'''
Python implementation of passcode hashing algorithm used on the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 4.2.2
Correct PIN for hash and salt below is 1234.
Get 40-character hash value in ascii hex format from file /data/system/password.key on the phone
Get salt in signed numeric format by doing sqlite3 query SELECT value FROM locksettings WHERE name = 'lockscreen.password_salt' on /data/system/locksettings.db
@stucchio
stucchio / bayesian_ab_test.py
Last active April 2, 2023 03:17
Bayesian A/B test code
from matplotlib import use
from pylab import *
from scipy.stats import beta, norm, uniform
from random import random
from numpy import *
import numpy as np
import os
# Input data
@justinmc
justinmc / gist:9149719
Last active October 15, 2018 18:05
Sample Gulpfile
var gulp = require('gulp');
var clean = require('gulp-clean');
var jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');
var bases = {
app: 'app/',
@xjamundx
xjamundx / blog-webpack-2.md
Last active November 7, 2024 13:10
From Require.js to Webpack - Part 2 (the how)

This is the follow up to a post I wrote recently called From Require.js to Webpack - Party 1 (the why) which was published in my personal blog.

In that post I talked about 3 main reasons for moving from require.js to webpack:

  1. Common JS support
  2. NPM support
  3. a healthy loader/plugin ecosystem.

Here I'll instead talk about some of the technical challenges that we faced during the migration. Despite the clear benefits in developer experience (DX) the setup was fairly difficult and I'd like to cover some of the challanges we faced to make the transition a bit easier.

@jarrad
jarrad / install-kafka.txt
Last active August 16, 2024 05:08
Install Kafka on OSX via Homebrew
$> brew cask install java
$> brew install kafka
$> vim ~/bin/kafka
# ~/bin/kafka
#!/bin/bash
zkServer start
kafka-server-start.sh /usr/local/etc/kafka/server.properties